Question

One day an ant was drinking at a small river and fell in. She made desperate(不顾一切的) efforts to reach the side, but made no progress at all. The poor ant was very tired, but she was still bravely doing her best when a dove saw her. Moved with pity, the bird threw her a blade of grass, which supported her like a raft(筏子), and thus the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying herself in the grass, she heard a man come near. He was walking along barefooted(光脚) with a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the dove, he wished to kill it. He would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see what had bit him, and the dove immediately flew away. It was an animal much weaker and smaller than herself that had saved her life.

1. The ant could not reach the side though _______.

A. she cried for help     B. she asked the dove to save her

C. she tried very hard    D. she could swim well

2. The dove saved the ant because _______.

A. she was the ant's friend     

B. the ant had been struggled in the water for a long time

C. the ant was very tired

D. she took pity on the poor ant

3. The ant succeeded in getting on the bank with the help of _______.

A. a leaf    B. raft     

C. a piece of wood  D. a blade of grass

4.. Just as the man shot at the dove, _______.

A. he felt something biting him in the foot 

B. the dove hid himself in the grass

C. the ant told the dove to leave at once  

D. the dove immediately flew away

5. In writing the story, the writer wants to show _______.

A. how clever the ant was

B. how kind the dove was

C. how the ant and the dove helped each other

D. we often need help from others, therefore we should help others as much as we can

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了一只蚂蚁掉进了水里，奋力想游回岸边，虽然失败了但是他没有放弃，这时一只鸽子救了她。当她在草丛中晾干自己时发现猎人要开枪射击鸽子，她就咬了猎人的脚，救了鸽子。

1.She made desperate(不顾一切的) efforts to reach the side, but made no progress at all.，可知蚂蚁尽力向岸边游，故选C。

2.短文Moved with pity, the bird threw her a blade of grass, which supported her like a raft(筏子), and thus the ant reached the bank again.故选D。

3.短文描述可知是鸽子扔给了蚂蚁一根草，救了蚂蚁，故选D。

4.短文but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire.描述，故选A。

5.短文的主旨大意及在对比选项可知，作者想告诉我们，要尽力帮助在那些帮助过我们的人。故选D

考点：故事类短文阅读。